Rebecca Horn

born 1944

In Tate Liverpool

Constellations: Joseph Beuys

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Biography

Rebecca Horn (born 24 March 1944, Michelstadt, Hesse) is a German visual artist, who is best known for her installation art, film directing, and her body modifications such as Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece. She directed the films Der Eintänzer (1978), La ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1982) and Buster's Bedroom (1990). Horn presently lives and works in Paris and Berlin.

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Artworks

Rebecca Horn Concert for Anarchy

1990

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Rebecca Horn Finger Gloves

1972

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Rebecca Horn Unicorn

1970–2

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Rebecca Horn Pencil Mask

1972

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Rebecca Horn Berlin Exercises: Dreaming under Water

1974–5

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Rebecca Horn Arm Extensions

1968

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Rebecca Horn Mechanical Body Fan

1973–4

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Rebecca Horn Cockatoo Mask

1973

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Film and audio

Look Closer

Body Extensions and Isolation

Joey from Tate Collective London shares her perspective on Rebecca Horn's work In The Triangle

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